CEA Program: Research Assistant, Indiana Avenue Project

DUE is home to IEL which is sponsoring these types of positions across campus. This specific position is part of the Community Engagement Associates program in which students work in a specific department on campus to support campus and community engagement initiatives. You will see more information on the specific job and department below.

The Department of Anthropology focuses on applied scholarship and community-engaged research. This includes a vast range of projects examining everyday experience in the past and present alike but focuses on producing knowledge that is useful beyond the academy alone.

The CEA will consult with community members about Indiana Avenue heritage research and organize primary research. Some of this research will be organized for classroom teaching, and the CEA will coordinate with community partners to consult on classroom teaching of Avenue heritage.

Specific tasks that the community engagement associate will complete: 

Duties of the position typically include the following:

Conduct primary research in federal census, city directories, and historic newspapers. Organize primary research into Word documents. Share primary data with community partners.

Specific qualifications (knowledge, skills, class standing, etc) we desire the project coordinator to have:

The student should have experience conducting primary historical research. The student should have some basic awareness of Indianapolis history and African-American heritage in the near-Westside. The student should be graduate standing.

By the end of this position assignment, the student will meet the following learning objectives